Gowk

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gowk \Gowk\, n. [See {Gawk}.] (Zool.)
     1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
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     2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gowk \Gowk\, v. t. [See {Gawk}.]
     To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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